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Chapter 222 Assassination
The man lying on the ground knew that he was likely to die in Vader's hands, so he stopped struggling and gave Vader a cold smile.
"Who ordered me to do this? Do I need someone to order me to kill a demon like you?"
"Tell me, in today's civilized world, who wouldn't want to tear you, this demon, to pieces and execute you by slow slicing?"
The man's eyes were fierce as he stared intently at Wade. If looks could kill, Wade would probably have been torn to pieces by now.
But Wade remained expressionless, simply signaling to Guan Yifan and the other crew members of the Gravity to tie up the attackers with restraint devices.
Even after being bound hand and foot, the man continued to shout and curse.
"Wade, if you want to die, don't drag all of humanity down with you. We all want to live, but look at what you've done!"
"By broadcasting the news and revealing the coordinates of the Trisolaran home planet, you have personally ended the peaceful era that Mr. Luo Ji had worked so hard to bring to all mankind. You are a warmonger. For the sake of your little bit of power, you are willing to start a war and make all mankind perish with you!"
“You know, Wade, when you first became the Swordholder, I actually supported you very much. I shared your ideals. Mr. Luo Ji was indeed too weak. We should have completely wiped out the Trisolaran civilization. But you shouldn’t have actually launched the broadcast. Humanity’s current situation is excellent. If we can just delay for a few more years, once the ring world is completed, humanity will surely win. But you broke this balance for your own selfish desires. Wade, I misjudged you. It turns out you are just a villain.”
After listening to the other party finish his rant, Wade finally spoke.
"Are you done? Now it's my turn to speak."
"I should have kept these things a secret for the rest of my life, and never said them until I died."
"But I admire your courage. As the first person to dare to assassinate me, this is the reward you deserve."
As he said this, Wade raised his pistol, aimed it at the other man on the ground, and pulled the trigger.
"boom!"
The electromagnetic projectile struck the back of the opponent's head with pinpoint accuracy. The person who had been struggling just a second ago had their skull instantly blown off, and various colored liquids gushed everywhere.
The man was clearly taken aback by Wade's sudden killing.
Weren't you going to interrogate us? Why did you suddenly start killing people?
But Guan Yifan and the crew members were not surprised by this. After spending the past few days together, they had long been used to Wade's unpredictable personality.
"Don't make the floor too dirty, it's my turn to clean today."
After giving only one instruction, Guan Yifan got up and left with the crew.
At this moment, only Wade and a group of assassins remained in the bridge compartment of the Gravitation.
"boom!"
Another shot, another person blown to the head.
Wade killed people with a rhythmic, almost musical, approach, but to appreciate his performance, one might have to pay with their life.
Wade didn't question or interrogate anyone. He just paced around in front of the group of people while blowing the head off another person on the ground.
As the man watched his companions being blown apart one by one by Wade, even someone as composed as him was starting to lose his composure at the sight of the bloodshed.
Fortunately, he had prepared himself for the possibility of not being able to return, so he didn't lose his composure too much.
Just as the man was lost in thought, Wade's voice slowly drifted over.
"What makes you think that humanity has already won?"
"boom!"
Another shot was fired, this time killing someone very close to the man. Blood mixed with various liquids even splattered onto the man's face.
But Wade's gaze remained fixed on him, never wavering, as if he had just done something utterly insignificant.
"because……"
When Wade asked him that question, the man suddenly fell silent.
Indeed, he hadn't really considered this issue carefully, although on the surface, the people of the Deterrence Era lived in peace and harmony with the Trisolaran civilization.
But if that's really the case, how could Lin Xuan have disappeared so mysteriously, and why did Wade suddenly usurp power and seize the identity of the Swordholder?
While the identity of the Swordholder can grant an ordinary person unparalleled power, for Vader, the Swordholder is more of a shackle.
Before becoming the Swordholder, Vader was the sole owner of the Star Ring Corporation. In terms of both wealth and status, there were very few people in the entire Deterrence Era who could rival him.
If he never reveals his identity and runs the Star Ring Group peacefully, Wade can live out the rest of his life in peace.
Yet he still chose to actively seize the position of swordsman, which makes a lot of things not make sense.
From the perspective of ordinary people, the Deterrence Era was an era as easy as a cradle. But in the eyes of the human elite, the undercurrents beneath the surface of the Deterrence Era were perhaps no less intense than those of the Crisis Era.
This is a very obvious blind spot. As the saying goes, "where you stand determines where you look." People who are not in that position find it difficult to consider problems from the perspective of those in that position.
After all, there are gaps in the information obtained by the two sides, and their positions are also different. This is why even after humans have brain networks, they still argue constantly.
"boom!"
Wade fired again, this time emptying the last bullet in his pistol. He stood up, grabbed another electromagnetic projectile from the table beside him, and began reloading the pistol.
“You’re right. Once RimWorld is successfully built, humanity will indeed be completely free from the threat of the Dark Forest Theory. But if even you can think of that, surely the Trisolarans can too?”
As he spoke, Wade pressed the gun against the man's head.
At this moment, besides Wade and the man, there was no other living person left here.
"But even now, we still haven't figured out what the Trisolarans are planning. They would never just stand by and watch the RimWorld be built. Yet, humanity doesn't even know their specific plans, and they're already smugly thinking they've got the victory in the bag?"
"Isn't this a bit too arrogant? Don't forget, the tragedy of the Doomsday War is less than a hundred years old."
"You think that by launching the broadcast, I am perpetuating my power, because once the Ringworld is successfully built, I will definitely become the number one contributor, and all the crimes I have committed now can be completely wiped clean."
"But have you considered another possibility? This may be my last chance to use the Swordholder's power!"
……
Meanwhile, around the world.
A man is using a robotic arm to move a box that is taller than himself.
Suddenly, his body stiffened, and his pupils became unfocused!
His body seemed to be possessed by a ghost; his movements gradually stiffened, and then he slowly placed the box in front of him flat on the ground.
The line supervisor, who was overseeing the assembly line from a distance, also noticed the man's unusual behavior. Immediately, he drove his mechanical vehicle over with dissatisfaction and shouted over the radio.
"Gao Qun, what are you daydreaming about? If we don't finish these tasks today, we'll all be punished. Do you want us to stay and work overtime this weekend too?"
Before the line leader could finish speaking, the man called Gao Qun suddenly moved!
He took a square box out of some pocket and then pressed the switch!
"boom!"
With a loud explosion, flames instantly engulfed everyone present.
This workshop was located on the outermost part of the RimWorld, so when the explosion occurred, the powerful shockwave shredded the newly built walls to pieces.
The explosion's power went far beyond that. The bomb also contained a layer of EMP electromagnetic interference. In just an instant, the gravity-stabilizing anchors in the entire workshop were paralyzed, and some people who hadn't even reacted were thrown into the air by the sudden feeling of weightlessness.